The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative in collaboration with the Kentucky Department of Education was pleased to offer an Assessment and Accountability Summit on Wednesday, September 27th in Hazard.  Rhonda Sims, Jennifer Stafford, Karen Kidwell and the KDE staff shared the...

The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative in collaboration with the Kentucky Department of Education is pleased to offer our Assessment and Accountability Summit on Wednesday, September 27th to be held at the First Federal Center on Hazard Community and Technical College’s...

  In this video series you will be introduced to Henry County Schools in Georgia. Henry County is a mid-sized suburban district Southeast of Atlanta that has in the past decade seen rapid growth and an increasingly diverse student population....

Competency-based learning has been a driving force for Henry County School’s personalized learning approach and has led them to defining competencies from the standards.  In this segment, Karen Perry and Aaryn Schumhl share this work and give us a...

We often hear of personalizing learning, but not so often of personalizing assessment.  Melissa Thomas of Henry County Schools, Georgia shares the district’s approach to assessment that has been tailor made to support their initiatives for competency-based and personalized...

Henry County School’s Assistant Superintendent and Special Project’s Coordinator, Aaryn Schmuhl and Karen Perry share their district’s path through the implementation process for personalizing learning.  A process that began in 2013 and led to the first cohort of schools...

Aaryn Schmuhl and Karen Perry of Henry County Schools in Georgia guide us to understanding the five Tenets that support the district’s framework for personalized learning.  Their work is part of the Next Generation Systems Initiative funded by the...

As part of our emerging video series focused on Science Through Course Tasks, we offer this next segment from Central Elementary in Johnson County.  In partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education and its Next Generation Leadership Network, Central...

In this video, Charlene Owens and the Johnson County team lead an example of the pre-planning phase leading up to Science TCTs: In Action, which follows the complete implementation process for the 2nd grade task called Germinating Seeds.  The...

In collaboration with representatives from the Kentucky Department of Education, Future Ready Assessment Team, Expeditionary Learning Fellows and the Appalachian Leadership Lab, the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative has committed to supporting the implementation of the state science assessment system. ...

In collaboration with representatives from the Kentucky Department of Education, Future Ready Assessment Team, Expeditionary Learning Fellows and the Appalachian Leadership Lab, the Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative has committed to supporting the implementation of the state science assessment system. ...

A Special Announcement on the first page of Tech Tuesday this week related to a needed upgrade for the MondoPad.  Several new items under Promising Practice and ARI Tech Tips.  For those of us in the middle of 1...

A bit of a change in format this week in the Tech Tuesday Update.  When first opening you will notice a menu of sorts, with quick links to sections throughout the document.  All "new" items are marked as "new"...

ARI Tech in the News includes two new items for this week's edition.  Be sure not to miss them.  With the Promising Practice Summit happening this past Friday and an increased activity of postings in The Holler, it was easy...

The ARI Promising Practice Summit will be held this Friday, October 24th at the Pikeville Expo Center.  Don't miss an opportunity to learn about the many projects and examples of professional practice sure to expand our horizons.  The Promising...

In this Tech Tuesday update the Kentucky School Board Association joins several other organizations in reporting on the progress of the ARI technology initiative.  The October edition of KSBA's Kentucky School Advocate highlighted our work as what may be...

Notable additions this week under Promising Practices include former Governor Patton's visit to a Floyd County classroom.  DTC/CIOs will need to check the Questions of the Week for needed tasks related to "whitelisting" several sites to allow the WIN...

The Tech Tuesday Update this week is dominated primarily by Promising Practices from the field.  Read about Belfry and Shelby Valley High School students teaching and reaching out to their elementary feeder schools, while Campton Elementary students visit the...

Our highlight this week is the induction of 34 student senate members who will help lead our 17 ARI school districts from the student perspective.  Catch WYMT's coverage of the induction ceremony using our first link in ARI Tech in the...

With our districts in the midst of selecting 1 to 1 devices, we share in this week's Links/Resources Worth a Look an article sent out by Pat Trotter called, "Seven Keys to Deploying Tablets Successfully."  We are pleased to share in...

This week we share Dr. Scott Smith's digital resource list referenced in the Questions of the Week. Dr. Smith is the District Technology Coordinator for Mooresville Graded Schools in North Carolina -- a school district known nationwide for its 1...

Click on the link below to view our first edition of the Appalachian Renaissance Initiative's Tech Tuesday Update.  Tech Tuesday will be a weekly communication sent to Innovation Coordinators, District Technology Coordinators, Chief Informational Officers and stakeholders of the...

This week's Tech Tuesday Update has a Special Message calling for your help.  In additon, we have two reports from schools regarding the MondoPad Shell freezing.  Check out the Questions of the Week to see how to update the...

Do you know the difference between a Manager and a Leader?  Check out the link to the video "Leaders vs. Managers -- Which are You?" found under the Links/Resources Worth a Look at the end of the ARI Tech Tuesday...

In this week's Tech Tuesday Update you will find important Upcoming Dates, Questions of the Week, learn about ARI Tech in the News, gain from the ARI Tech Tip of the Week related to the Ladibug document camera and a...